Welcome to the August 2018 edition of the Exposure Podcast from The Expo Group produced and hosted by Dana Freker Doody and Todd Carruth.

This month, we visit with Amanda Helgemoe from Nuvista Event Management Services and talk about the Exhibitor Advocacy group and how proactive customer service with your exhibitors can help enable show growth. We also get some handy tips from Broadway, IAVM and look forward to the TSNN Awards in Louisville where we hand out The Expo Group Show Manager of the Year Awards..

Even the most stubborn exhibitors - the ones who refuse to think about the exhibit booth until the show is a month or so out - are likely to gaze out at the exhibit hall at least once or twice and suddenly discover things around them are changing, and they’re not part of the change.

What’s an exhibitor who knows they need to move their exhibit program into the 21st century to do?

Here are five questions they can ask themselves:

What’s the story you have to tell?

Not where is the best place to display new product in order to get more foot traffic or where should the reception desk go? It

Managing an exhibit portfolio is complex: from consistent delivery of your brand and brand experience to different audiences across different exhibit sizes and locations, to cost-effectively managing the shipping and logistics of moving exhibits from show-to-show, to timely exhibit refurbishment, repair and replacement. There are LOTS of moving parts and getting it right is crucial to proving the ROI of your brand’s exhibit investments.

This webinar will provide you with helpful ways to make sure your exhibit portfolio and program is both effective AND efficient.

Four Industry Professionals To Be Honored with The Expo Group Show Manager of the Year Award

Irving, Texas – June 28, 2018 – The Expo Group, an exhibitions and events partner that invests in growth, has announced The Expo Group Show Manager of the Year (SMOTY) Awards for 2018. Honorees were nominated by their peers, voted upon by an independent industry judging panel and will be celebrated on Aug. 11 at the TSNN Awards.

“These are top-notch professionals advancing the objectives of not just their organizations but also their trade show community’s attendees, exhibitors, sponsors and partners

We are a Silver Sponsor of CASE Summit, and you can find Dana Freker Doody, Michael Preston and Matt Collins in Booth 2

July 22-25 IAVM VenueConnect in Toronto, Canada.

We are proud to be a Global Partner of the International Association of Venue Managers.

On Monday, July 23, Dana Freker Doody will present “Who Moved Our Chairs?” discussing the current need for venue managers to be flexible with room sets as event planners seek strategically to create inspiring

We are celebrating Exhibitions Day on June 6, an annual event that shines a spotlight on the power of events and trade shows. Bringing buyers and sellers together has a huge impact on the economy, with data showing we are all involved in a $91 Billion industry.

Exhibitions and events contribute over $91 billion to the U.S. GDP each year.

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How to keep your attendees alert, engaged, and emotionally connected in an age of chronic distraction.

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Be it a tradeshow, speech, event, presentation, the tools and techniques of this webinar will show you how to suck your attendees in, keep their focus and catapult them to places they’ve never been before.

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Welcome to the June 2018 edition of the Exposure Podcast from The Expo Group produced and hosted by Dana Freker Doody and Todd Carruth.

This month, we jump into Exhibitions Day or (Global Exhibitions Day- officially on June 6). Todd and Dana talk about the impact the Exhibitions and Events Industry has on the U.S. economy.

Our guest this month is Terence Donnelly from Experient and head of the PCMA Advocacy Task Force. He shares the reasons for his passion for the industry and the key topics that are being delivered to Capitol Hill on Exhibitions Day.

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How to keep your attendees alert, engaged, and emotionally connected in an age of chronic distraction.

This webinar from The Expo Group will be on Wednesday, May 23 at 12 noon/1pm Eastern - Register here

Be it a tradeshow, speech, event, presentation, the tools and techniques of this webinar will show you how to suck your attendees in, keep their focus and catapult them to places they’ve never been before.

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Belonging was the theme the SFN story distilled to, and this video was one piece of the marketing campaign designed to overcome political climate and boost SFN attendance.

With international abstract submissions down in some areas almost 40% for their 2017 Annual Meeting, the Society for Neuroscience had great concern about a potential equivalent drop in international registrations due to:
• Growing, or at least more prevalent anti-science sentiment in the U.S.
• Fears that the U.S. travel ban would significantly discourage potential international attendees from registering (and attending